Question / Help Black screen recording VBA

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Drafty Puppy

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I'm currently trying to record Minish Cap and I keep getting perfect sound recordings but black screen for video.
I've tried some of the methods I found when looking for the solution and none have worked so far. I've also noticed logs help you guys find out the issues/solutions faster but I don't know how to get a hold of them for you.
I'm pretty much shooting in the dark since I'm also barrowing a 5 year old computer my girlfriend wasn't using so I'm clueless on the specs. I do know I'm running Windows 7 but that's all I know.

I've also tried Display which did give me video but it was extremely choppy, but once again sound came through fine.

Also, I would like to thank you guys for the help the last time I posted. It turned out my laptop was on its last leg and just couldn't handle anything.
 
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sam686

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VBA = VisualBoy Advance? You may need to to go the emulator settings and set the rendering to OpenGL or Direct3D.

Then you may use OBS game capture for games/programs rendering as OpenGL or Direct3D.
 
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Drafty Puppy

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Ya Visual Boy Advance.
I tried that and I still got a black screen.
Is there a difference between Direct3D 11 (OBS Studio) and Direct3D (VBA)?
 
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sam686

Member
Can you try OpenGL?

VBA might be using an old Direct3D, OBS can only capture OpenGL, Direct3D 9, 10, and 11, maybe more not sure.
 
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sam686

Member
A few other options:

For windows 7 with Aero enabled, try game capture with "DWM monitor capture"

Set VBA rendering to GDI then try Window capture? For best performance try to keep VBA at a small x1 window size.
If you need to zoom in to tiny VBA window, enable windows Aero and try windows magnifier.
 
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Drafty Puppy

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Alright I have video now but it's choppy. At every 3rd step Link takes the video lags on the frame, jumps, and hen repeats.
 
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sam686

Member
Maybe go to VBA, frame skip, throttle, 100%

Or, Maybe enable v-sync somewhere in VBA. V-sync may not work in GDI and may require switching to DirectDraw, though may still be able to use Window Capture.
 
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